Gray Matters
Book description
“If you are at all curious about the brain or the surgeons who operate on it, Gray Matters is a must read and Dr. Theodore Schwartz is the perfect guide, a master brain surgeon and superbly talented writer. I have not read a better biography of our shared profession, and…
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1 author picked Gray Matters as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A glimpse into the world of a neurosurgeon.
Let’s begin from a historical perspective, Harvey Cushing’s incredible diligence really reflects the genius of an incredibly talented surgeon and gifted artist who would sketch each brain tumor and details of the surgical procedure, patient after patient. Moving on to training to be a neurosurgeon. Plan on a 6 to 7 year residency commitment. What’s it like to operate in an incredibly confined space? Inside the skull. Dealing with rupture of a main artery that feeds the brain, viz. middle meningeal artery that was severed from trauma makes one sit at the…
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